Surah Al-Kauthar

Surah Al-Kauthar

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
1. Verily, We have granted you Al-Kawthar.
2. Therefore turn in prayer to your Lord and sacrifice.
3. For he who hates you, he will be cut off.
- Muslim, Abu Dawud and An-Nasa'i, all recorded from Anas that he said, "While we were with the Messenger of Allah in the Masjid, he dozed off into a slumber. Then he lifted his head smiling. We said, `O Messenger of Allah! What has caused you to laugh' He said, "Verily, a Surah was just revealed to me.' Then he recited,
"Verily, We have granted you Al-Kawthar. Therefore turn in prayer to your Lord and sacrifice. For he who hates you, he will be cut off."
- Then he said, "Do you all know what is Al-Kawthar" We said, `Allah and His Messenger know best.' He said, "Verily, it is a river that my Lord, the Mighty and Majestic, has promised me and it has abundant goodness. It is a pond where my Ummah will be brought to on the Day of Judgement. Its containers are as numerous as the stars in the sky. Then a servant of Allah from among them will be (prevented from it) and I will say: "O Lord! Verily, he is from my Ummah (followers).'' Then He (Allah) will say: "Verily, you do not know what he introduced (or innovated) after you.)')"
This is the wording of Muslim.
- Imam Ahmad also recorded from Anas that the Messenger of Allah said, "I entered Paradise and I came to a river whose banks had tents made of pearls. So I thrust my hand into its flowing water and found that it was the strongest (smell) of musk. So I asked, "O Jibril! What is this'' He replied, "This is Al-Kawthar which Allah, the Mighty and Majestic has given you."
Al-Bukhari recorded this in his Sahih, and so did Muslim, on the authority of Anas bin Malik.
- Ahmad recorded from Anas that a man said, "O Messenger of Allah! What is Al-Kawthar'' He replied, "It is a river in Paradise which my Lord has given me. It is whiter than milk and sweeter than honey. There are birds in it whose necks are (long) like carrots." `Umar said, "O Messenger of Allah! Verily, they (the birds) will be beautiful.'' The Prophet replied, "The one who eats them (i.e., the people of Paradise) will be more beautiful than them, O `Umar."
- The word Al-Kawthar comes from the word Kathrah (abundance) and it (Al-Kawthar) linguistically means an abundance of goodness. So from this goodness is the river (in Paradise).

Allahu Akbar.. how exciting is this!?! May we all, and the ummah, be blessed by the Most Generous to see and taste (and swim in) al Kauthar!!! Ameen!